· 23 others to be prosecuted for other heinous crimes
Police Operatives attached to the Special
Tactical Squad have arrested a 7-man criminal gang that attacked and
robbed three commercial banks in the South-West States of Ondo and
Ekiti between 2019 and 2020, killed innocent citizens
including six policemen and carted away several millions of naira.
Investigation reveals that the dare-devil armed robbers -
Tunbosun Ojo, 42, Ismaila Ojo, 25, Victor
Oyeyemi, 36, Dele Ariyo, 44, Shola Oladimeji, 50, Olubodun Folayemi, 44, and Adeniyi John, 42, – carried out the robbery of a commercial bank in
Ile-oluji, Ondo State on February 7, 2020 where four
policemen were killed. Similarly they were also involved in the robbery
of a Microfinance Bank in Idanre, Ondo State in December, 2019 and a
commercial bank at Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State where
two policemen lost their lives.
Efforts are being intensified to arrest
other members of the gang still at large and to recover other
sophisticated weapons used in the operations.
In a similar vein, 23 other
suspects were also arrested by the Police operatives for their
involvement in various crimes including armed robbery, kidnapping,
illegal possession of prohibited firearms, car snatching
at gun point, amongst other offences.
The following were recovered from the
suspects: One (1) AK49 rifle, One (1) AK47 rifle, two (2) pump action
guns, five (5) locally made guns, nineteen (19) locally made short guns,
one hundred and twenty-five (125) cartridges,
one hundred and forty-five (145) AK47 ammunition, locally fabricated
explosives and a Toyota Corolla vehicle with Reg. No. LSR 490 GC. The
suspects will be charged to court on conclusion of investigations.
DCP FRANK MBA
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
FORCE HEADQUARTERS
ABUJA
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